KyleDP123@lycos.com wrote in news:1172163119.471756.253040
@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

> I live in Ann Arbor, MI, in a building where Verizon literally doesn't
> work one step into the doorway. Sprint has better coverage right here,
> but I guess if I could roam on Sprint, my phone would work too? So I'm
> guessing Verizon doesn't roam on Sprint? That's unfortunate because
> I'm pretty sure Sprint roams on Verizon. I'm on a current AC plan. Any
> explanation or suggestions?
>
>

Verizon, Sprint and Alltel all used to roam on each other's systems, here
in SC. Coverage was great! But, alas, none of them realized how shitty
all their systems were and that so MUCH unpaid-for roaming would go on.

Suddenly, quietly, without notification, with a little PRL change, phones
suddenly refused to roam any more and read, still do, NO SERVICE in the
Dead Zones, even though you're staring at a Sprint tower. Users got wind
of this and stopped upgrading their PRLs. The old PRLs would STILL roam.
The carriers retaliated by changing their systems to refuse any calls
from the other carriers, about a year later. It was nice while it
lasted.

Verizon refuses to roam anywhere in SC. Alltel still roams free in the
mountainous NW of SC above Clinton, SC, up I-26. Sprint just stopped
roaming, too, as far as I know. Not sure what Sprint's doing now. Every
time I roamed an old VZW PRL over there, they simply refused the call.

It was all about M-O-N-E-Y....same as always.

Larry
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